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GQ Patrol from Panama
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:17 am
by Mario
Guess it's about time for me to introduce my GQ...
http://69.89.25.186/~fouxfoup/foro/showthread.php?t=488
It's in spanish, but I guess those of you who don't speak spanish can get an idea of what's going on. Any questions, feel free to ask.
Look forward for your opinions.
Regards,
Mario
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:27 am
by macorti
Saludos Mario,
Espero se acuerde de mi, Marco de Costa Rica, nadamas queria felicitarlo por el buen trabajo que le esta haciendo a su patrol, ahora si va a quedar como un unstoppable tank.
Cheers from Costa Rica....
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:25 pm
by Mario
macorti wrote:Saludos Mario,
Espero se acuerde de mi, Marco de Costa Rica, nadamas queria felicitarlo por el buen trabajo que le esta haciendo a su patrol, ahora si va a quedar como un unstoppable tank.
Cheers from Costa Rica....
Gracias mae, claro que lo recuerdo. Muchas gracias. Espero algun dia podamos trillar juntos.
Saludos,
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:36 pm
by Mowie
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:45 pm
by beretta
Pictures speak all languages, nice truck dude!
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:55 pm
by Mowie
beretta wrote:Pictures speak all languages, nice truck dude!
Agreed, nice GQ mate
It must of taken alot of effort as I'm sure GQ parts are not plentiful like here.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:35 am
by Mario
Mowie wrote:beretta wrote:Pictures speak all languages, nice truck dude!
Agreed, nice GQ mate
It must of taken alot of effort as I'm sure GQ parts are not plentiful like here.
Thanks all. And yes, GQ aftermarket is quite scarce here. We get our stuff from the US, and since Patrols are not sold there, it's not as easy as it is for a TLC or Jeep guy. All we can get from US is ARB/OME. Parts from Australia are expensive to us because of shipping. Anyways, look forward to save enough money for a set of Marks (Gearmaster) 3.74:1 transfer gears in the future.
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:35 pm
by udm
no te olvides de mostrar fotos de cuando salgas a probarlo
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:07 am
by Mario
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:06 am
by JemmyBubbles
Very sexy Patrol Mate.
The 37's on those rims with that amount of lift it all seems to be made for each other.
My next car was going to be a jeep wrangler but this has me thinking.
Very bling indeed... Especially the tapeworms
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:29 am
by Mario
JemmyBubbles wrote:Especially the tapeworms
What are tapeworms? I keep hearing that expression, but can´t find out what do you mean...
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:36 pm
by JemmyBubbles
When your site is translated into english it miss-translates the internals of your differentials. IT says you have put tapeworms in your diff's.
Tapeworms are little parasites that live inside of animals and humans...
http://www.dr-dan.com/tapeworm.htm and have absolutely nothing to do with the contents of your Patrols Diffs.
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Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:37 pm
by bogged
I like the rear bar on that thing.. very neat
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:17 am
by Mario
bogged wrote:I like the rear bar on that thing.. very neat
haha...that one is going to be replaced with a lighter one with a tire carrier and rear winch...stay tuned
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:19 am
by Mario
JemmyBubbles wrote:When your site is translated into english it miss-translates the internals of your differentials. IT says you have put tapeworms in your diff's.
Tapeworms are little parasites that live inside of animals and humans...
http://www.dr-dan.com/tapeworm.htm and have absolutely nothing to do with the contents of your Patrols Diffs.
haha...that´s a good one
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:32 am
by bj on roids
bogged wrote:I like the rear bar on that thing.. very neat
he recycled the titanic to build that bad boy!!
it must weigh the same as 3 or 4 small children!!
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:05 pm
by macorti
Saludos compadre,
Esa patrol esta demasiado bestial, te felicito hermano, has hecho un gran trabajo......
Nota: compraste el snorkel en panama?
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:02 pm
by Mario
macorti wrote:Saludos compadre,
Esa patrol esta demasiado bestial, te felicito hermano, has hecho un gran trabajo......
Nota: compraste el snorkel en panama?
Aquella vez lo pedi a Miami. Ahora hay un distribuidor Safari-ARB-OME en Panama.
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Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:03 pm
by bogged
bj on roids wrote:bogged wrote:I like the rear bar on that thing.. very neat
he recycled the titanic to build that bad boy!!
it must weigh the same as 3 or 4 small children!!
but no pedistrian would ever damage it....
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:19 am
by macorti
Si no te molesta decirme, cuanto te costo en Miami y sabes de casualidad cuanto cuesta en panama? Es que aqui son demasiado caros....
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:14 am
by BowTieGQ
Everone's a Cunny Funt. Can you all translate THAT?
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:05 am
by udm
BowTieGQ wrote:Everone's a Cunny Funt. Can you all translate THAT?
Nah mate, its topsecret
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:34 am
by Mario
macorti wrote:Si no te molesta decirme, cuanto te costo en Miami y sabes de casualidad cuanto cuesta en panama? Es que aqui son demasiado caros....
I´ll answer you in english, otherwise my Australian buddies will get upset
The Safari snorkel costed $275.00 in Miami, but that was a while ago. I understand they are more expensive now. Here in Panama I think they go for around $350.00 so it´s an OK price if you add $275.00 in Miami + shipping to Panama.
Maybe we can arrange something. Do you travel to Panama or have a relative that does so? Because Ã
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:36 am
by Mario
bogged wrote:bj on roids wrote:bogged wrote:I like the rear bar on that thing.. very neat
he recycled the titanic to build that bad boy!!
it must weigh the same as 3 or 4 small children!!
but no pedistrian would ever damage it....
You should see how people drive here in Panama...or any other 3rd. world country .... No taxi driver close behind me
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:28 pm
by macorti
Hey Mario,
Thanks a lot for your offer, and yes the taxes here in Costa Rica are so high. Right now is little bit difficult cause I'm out of money, so in case I can save some I would let you know, but thanks a lot anyway.....
And to let you know something else, there some guys here in Costa Rica that are able to build any snorkel copy, but using an original one to get the mold out of it, they look like the original ones.....
Cheers hermano.....
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:31 am
by Mario
macorti wrote:And to let you know something else, there some guys here in Costa Rica that are able to build any snorkel copy, but using an original one to get the mold out of it, they look like the original ones.....
Cheers hermano.....
I´m aware of that. There´s lot of talented guys in CR, specially fiberglassing. Let me know if I can help you somehow....
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:55 pm
by N*A*M
i think the welds for your bracket are too light weight and will break. need to groove the welds for more penetration, turn the heat up and slow it down more. you also need to run the weld bead all the way around the end. stopping the beads where you have will definitely cause the cracking to start there.
nice patrol through.
Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 2:24 am
by Mario
N*A*M wrote:i think the welds for your bracket are too light weight and will break. need to groove the welds for more penetration, turn the heat up and slow it down more. you also need to run the weld bead all the way around the end. stopping the beads where you have will definitely cause the cracking to start there.
nice patrol through.
Thanks. Good point buddy. Will forward this to the welder to know what he says.
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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:34 pm
by spongerx
Mario wrote:bogged wrote:bj on roids wrote:bogged wrote:I like the rear bar on that thing.. very neat
he recycled the titanic to build that bad boy!!
it must weigh the same as 3 or 4 small children!!
but no pedistrian would ever damage it....
You should see how people drive here in Panama...or any other 3rd. world country .... No taxi driver close behind me
I was over in Panama City for 2 weeks last year and fark me the driving is insane. I thought the driving was bad in my 3rd world country but at least we have mandatory vehicle insurance laws and leaving the scene of an accident before the police get there is a crime. It blew my mind to learn vehicle insurance wasnt a law over there and once no one was hurt in an accident you could just drive off if your vehicle was driveable and forget about the other person involved. If I was livin over there I'd have even more steel protection on my vehicle I think.
Another thing that struck me as a bit odd was the 4-6" lift blocks in the front of all the ex-American-style schoolbuses and the 10 foot chrome exhaust stacks on the back of em. Oh and they had tassles too. Wtf are tassles doing on buses!??!?!
Nice looking patrol and lotsa sweet wheeling over there. Pity I didnt get a chance to get out of the city.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:25 pm
by Mario
bj on roids wrote:bogged wrote:I like the rear bar on that thing.. very neat
he recycled the titanic to build that bad boy!!
it must weigh the same as 3 or 4 small children!!
Took it off last weekend to make a lighter one with spare tire carrier. It weighted almost 300 lbs.
Will post pics of the new one soon....